Her motto is…

One time, while we were eating the evening meal in the Refectory, we were blessed to have as guests a few Diocesan priests from the northern US, former seminary friends of one of our priests, full of stories and humor and such.

After some time spent talking about the state of matters within the Church, talk turned to parish life and similar things.

The first guest priest began telling us of how well he was treated by the parish and by the rectory employees, especially how great his cook was.

The second priest chimed in and said, “I can’t even go out for dinner any more, because the woman we have cooking for us prepares such great food!”

After a moment’s pause, our third visiting priest said, “I wish I could say the same about my cook. Her motto is, “Non serviam!” (for the unaware, these are the words of Lucifer – in Latin – disobeying God, proclaming “I will not serve!”